RussellTick to be hosted in NYSE Euronext's U.S. liquidity centre & Global Index Feed, commitment to introduce additional products in the U.S. & Europe including index options

Duncan Niederauer, CEO, NYSE Euronext

"We are very excited to work with Russell Indexes to help advance their dynamic business with our highly complementary services."

New York - Russell Indexes and NYSE
Euronext have announced an alliance which will span three
distinct NYSE Euronext business lines and multiple geographies,
as well as several facets of Russell's global index business. The
agreement includes the transition of RussellTick, an index feed
for real-time, intra-day values for the Russell family of indexes
in the U.S. and globally, to NYSE Technologies' Global Index Feed
(GIF) protocol and extensive global distribution. Approximately
$3.9 trillion in assets are currently benchmarked to the Russell
Indexes globally. The alliance also includes a commitment to
develop additional joint global services and products, such as
new index-based options.

The migration of RussellTick to NYSE Technologies' GIF protocol
makes Russell the first major index family distributed through
the global Secure Financial Transaction Infrastructure network.
The RussellTick calculation engine is now hosted and managed from
NYSE Euronext's U.S. Liquidity Center, home to its U.S. trading,
co-location and market data infrastructure. Traders and investors
can utilise the processing power, capacity and active customer
community inside the Liquidity Center. Additionally, by accessing
NYSE Euronext's diverse geographical footprint, proprietary SFTI
network and liquid customer base, Russell can provide clients
with access to real-time Russell index data.

"Our new alignment with NYSE Euronext will allow the Russell
family of global indexes, which currently have more U.S.
institutional assets benchmarked to them than all other U.S.
equity indexes combined, to expand on our customer offering and
extend the products and services we provide to clients globally,"
said Ron Bundy, CEO of Russell Indexes. "We look forward to
building on our relationship together going forward."

"NYSE Euronext has built a unique portfolio of products and
services designed to encourage growth and create opportunity in
global markets by empowering our customers to accelerate the
evolution of their business models using our world-class
technology, global connectivity and multi-asset exchanges," said
Duncan Niederauer, CEO, NYSE Euronext. "We are very excited to
work with Russell Indexes to help advance their dynamic business
with our highly complementary services."

In addition, Russell Indexes and NYSE Euronext continue to
explore other business opportunities in the U.S. and Europe that
further utilize NYSE Euronext's unique mix of trading and
technology assets alongside Russell's globally recognized index
family and client service organization, including index-based
options and expanded technology efforts. Through this
partnership, Russell Investments and NYSE Euronext will deliver a
range of value-added features to global customers trading these
new products or subscribing to the RussellTick index data feed.
More information will become available in future Russell
Indexes/NYSE Euronext announcements.